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We confront racism and oppression wherever we encounter it.
We try to make connections with all the "isms" that make up western culture.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

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﻿ FROM NEWS.SCOTSMAN.COM

Romania: Roma anger over switch to 'Gypsy'

Date: 03 February 2011

Two parliamentary committees in Romania have voted to change the official name of the minority ethnic group from Roma to Gypsy, saying the latter is a more widely used name for them and that the former is too close to the name Romania.

But the votes have angered Roma civic groups, who say the word Gypsy has long carried negative connotations, such as being poor, uneducated and rootless

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People have a right to the self determination on what they shall be called. It is not up to Romanians to decide how the Romani people will be known. Just another indignity against the Romani people.
Morgan

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LOLO DIKLO : RrOMANI AGAINST RACISM

Lolo Diklo : Rromani Against Racism is an organization dedicated to providing information about the true situation of the Romani (Gypsies) in the world today. We are committed to confronting racism and oppression wherever it is found.

BACKGROUND

The Romani are a people who are not very well known. We are an ethnic group of people originally from India. We left India and arrived in Europe sometime in the 1300's. There are many theories as to why we left India. This is the work of academics, and we have some. Most Romani are more concerned about daily survival to worry about documentation of our past. We know who we are.

What is known about the Romani is, for the most part, stereotypically based. We are portrayed as romantic, carefree wonderers or child stealers, pick pockets and beggers.

Today the Romani of Europe face the same discrimination they have faced for centuries.